The Indians are well proportioned. Those of the plain countries are taller of body, and better shapen, than those of the mountains. Those of the inland have greater store of maize, and commodities of the country, than those that dwell upon the sea-coast. The country along the sea-coast is barren and poor, and the people more warlike. The coast runneth from _Puerto del Spiritu Santo_ to _Apalache_, east and west; and from _Apalache_ to _Rio de las Palmas_ from east to west; from _Rio de las Palmas_ unto _Nueva Espana_ from north to south. It is a gentle coast, but it hath many shoals, and great shelves of sand. _Deo gratias._ FOOTNOTES: [A] Elvas is a city in Portugal. [B] Cabeca de Vaca was the Governor of the River of Plate. [C] The Cassavi root. [D] Tampa Bay, on the west side of Florida. [E] From Spirito Santo or Tampa Bay. [F] Twelve days from St. Helena, and Coste seven days' journey from Chiaha. [G] Chisca is directly north from Cutifachiqui, which is within two days of St. Helena. [H] Rio Grande, or Rio de Espiritu Santo. Corrections made to the text by the etext transcriber: Timoco=>Tinoco Vasconcellos=>Vasconcelos northwest=>north-west